Volume - Indian Dairy Association

33original allocation of Rs. 1100 crores has been revised downwards to Rs.920 crores. It is feared that the total expenditure during the 11th Plan willnot reach even Rs. 5000 crores.4.4 The Animal Husbandry & Dairying contributes between 25 per centto 30 per cent of the GDP of the agriculture. Despite this significant share inGDP, the resources allocated to DAHD have been meager and insufficient.This in turn has affected the rate of growth of AHD which was less than 4per cent during the 10th Five Year Plan.State Plans4.5 The resources made available under state plans to the AnimalHusbandry & Dairying have also been insufficient and small in almost everystate of India. In states also the bulk of the expenditure has been made onthe crop sector and Animal Husbandry & Dairying has not received theadequate share in the resource allocation.External Assistance4.6 Dairy sector has received massive external assistance. OperationFlood I was implemented through funds (over Rs. 100 crores) generatedfrom the sale of commodities (SMP and Butter Oil) donated by EuropeanUnion. IDA of World Bank assisted state dairy projects in Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Operation Flood II and III also receivedassistance from IDA of World Bank. But for these assistance, it would havenot been possible for India to make a significant contribution in increasingmilk production and processing capacity. A National Dairy Plan prepared byNational Dairy Development Board has been submitted to the World Bankfor assistance and is under discussion.4.7 Livestock development has been a component of a number ofagricultural projects assisted by World Bank. This includes UP DiversifiedAgriculture Project, Assam Infrastructure and Agriculture DevelopmentProject, Rajasthan Agriculture Development Project, WatershedDevelopment projects in various states, and is currently a component in